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INDC(Intended Nationally Determined Contributions) with UN Framework Convention on Climate

Change (UNFCCC) committing to reduce its emissions intensity by 33-35% by 2030 - India - 147th
country .
Maharashtra gov decided to impose drought tax for raising funds around Rs 1,600 crore in the next 5 months
to cope with a drought situation.
Alcohol, cigarettes and cold drinks will imposed by 5% VATand 20% increase in VAT on Gold and
diamond jewellery.
Union Ministry of Human Resource Development(Smriti Zubin Irani) issued guidelines as Mid-Day Meal
Rules, 2015 under the National Food Security Act 2013 (NFSA, 2013) - to be tested by Labs Every Month
West Bengal launched 1000 Days campaign for mother
40 years of Integrated Child Development Services Scheme(ICDS) by Department of Child Development
and Social Welfare and UNICEF - Rs 1,474 crore
AP CM Chandrababu Naidu set to allot 2,720 acres to DRDO for missile testing project at Orvakallu in Kurnool
Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik launched Police-Citizen portal Crime and Criminal Tracking Network
and Systems in Bhubaneswar to file a complaint from home - www.citizenportal-op.gov.in
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone(APSEZ) and Larsen & Toubro (L&T) signed MoU to supervise
the operations of Kattupalli Port in Tamil Nadu.
India became the worlds largest producer of cotton by overtaking China - production of 6.51 million tonnes 27 of the global cotton crop
Khadi Utsav launched in Ahmedabad by Gujarat Govt - 146thbirth anniversary of Gandhiji.
Anurag Bhushan,Consulate General of India in Dubai launched SOS mobile app - CGI Dubai on the
birth anniversary of Gandhiji for Indian workers in distress - Indian Workers Resource Centre (IWRC).
Three Maharashtra women Chaitali Rathod, Sangeeta Awahade and Suvarna Lokhande are appointed
as Swachhata Doots
Monitoring of Pesticide Residues scheme report - 12.5% food items contain illicit pesticides - 5%
hazardous pesticides and 2.6% crossed maximum residue limit (MRL)
Adilabad Police officer became 1st Indian woman to mount Kun 7,077km - declared by the
Indian Mountaineering Foundation.
Union Minister of power Piyush Goyal launched waste-to-wealth scheme for generating power
from garbage under the Swachh Bharat Mission - 74 MW .
Two Plant in New Delhi : Narela and Bawana
Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan launched KISAN(C(K)rop Insurance using Space technology And
geoiNformatics) Project of Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare(FW).
Collaboration with ISRO,India Meteorological Department, CCAFS, State Agriculture Departments and
State Remote Sensing.
Kharif season of 2015(1District) : Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra
Rabi season of 2015-16(2 Districts) : Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra
Amo doli Programme Launched by Odisha Gov in naxal-affected Rayagada to help patients and pregnant
women - 183 remote villages , 102 Pregnant women and 108 Emergency services.
Gov increased the import duty on ghee, butter and butter oil by 10 per cent to 40 per cent ,Revenue Secretary
Hasmukh Adhia.
Common entrance test for MBBS, PG courses gets MCI(Medical Council of India) nod
Indias Poverty Rate Lowest Among Nations with Poor Population: World Bank - 43% in 2012 and now
19% China, India, Indonesia and Nigeria are moved into lower-middle-income category.
International summit Advantage Healthcare India, 2015 was inaugurated by Commerce Secretary Ms. Rita
A Teaotia at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi
Aim : Promoting healthcare services exports from India, 5 Ts Talent, Tradition, Technology,
Tourism and Trade.
International conference on Women in Law Enforcement in India held in Hyderabad Organized by
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy (SVPNPA) and Charles Sturt University (CSU),
Australia
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Uttarakhand CM Shri Harish Rawat launched Mobile app named Shubh Badrinath Yatra - pilot project.
Programme on conservation of gibbons launched by Arunachal Pradesh in Dibang Valley district and at
Sadiya sub-division under Assams Tinsukia district.
National conference on Anti Human Trafficking inaugurated by the Union Home Minister, Rajnath Singh in
New Delhi - Operation Smile was awarded by the Union Home Minister.
Achary Panel Recommendation(PDT Achary ,KV Prasad and Balraj Malik) 400% Hike in Basic Salary
of Delhi MLAs(Rs 12,000 to Rs 50,000pm)
Sagarmala Project(12 ports) aimed to modernize Indian ports with development in coastal areas to boost the
countrys economy - Rs 70,000 cr.
Nitin Gadkari chaired 1st meeting of the National Sagarmala Apex Committee (NSAC)
Gov approved the construction of a war memorial and war museum at India Gate, New Delhi - Rs 500 cr.
Gov cleared a proposal for setting up of three new AIIMS under Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha
Yojna (PMSSY) - Rs. 4,949 crore
Nagpur in Maharashtra Rs. 1,577 crore
Manglagiri in Andhra Pradesh Rs. 1,618 crore Kalyani in West Bengal with Rs. 1754 crore
Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) Conference 2016 will be held in New Delhi from January, 2016 - To develop
a new model of engagement with Indian diaspora
Govt Approved 11 proposals of FDI by investing an amount of Rs. 1,567.91 crore - recommendations by
Foreign Investment Board (FIPB)
Proposed FDI
Name
Sector
MicroVentures Investment S.A. SICAR
Pharma
Nil
Amar Ujala Publications Limited
Rs.50 crores
Eros International Media Limited

CMDB II, Mauritius
Print Media /
Information and
Broadcasting
LLP
Pharma
Bhurani Enterprises LLP

O-zone Networks Private Limited, Delhi
LLP
Internet services
Rs.4 Crores
Rs.89.61 crores
M/s Chorus Call INC, USA
Telecom
Rs. 9.10 crores
Indian Rotorcraft Limited

New India Biopharma Ltd
Defence
Pharma
Nil
Rs.1.7 crores
BTI Payments Pvt Ltd

AGS Transact Technologies Limited
White Label ATMs

White Label ATMs
Rs.63 crores
Rs.1350 crores (fresh issue of
Rs.400 crore )and sale of shares
from existing non-resident
investors Rs.950 crores).
Rs. 49,90,000
Nil
International Technical Conference Rail Coach Interiors: Innovation, Safety, Comfortheld in New Delhi.
World bank assisted National Watershed Management Project Neeranchal approved by CCEA(Cabinet
Committee on Economic Affairs) - Rs. 2142.30 cr.
Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha,
Rajasthan and Telangana
Dr. D. P. Rastogi Central Research Institute for Homeopathy instigated by Shri Shripad Yesso Naik (Minister
of State for AYUSH (Independent Charge) and Health and Family Welfare) in Noida, UP.
Government given nod to the formation of Indian Skill Development Service (ISDS) under Ministry of
Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSD&E) - Group A service
Directorate General of Employment and Training under the Ministry of Labour Employment
India to be in Top-3 pharma manufacturing countries by 2020 - TechSci Research Report by Assocham $55 billion.
Indian Air Force (IAF) celebrated its 83rd anniversary on 8th October 2015 at the Hindon air base, Ghaziabad.
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IAF, Chief Arup Raha announced the planning to induct women into the fighter aircraft stream.
Justice J Chelameswar Refuses to Modify Order Restricting Use of Aadhaar Cards UD Ministry approved 673 crore for Andhra Pradesh towns - part of AMRUT scheme - 31 cities.
11th Asia Europe Meeting begins in Panaji, inaugurated by Najeeb Shah. Next meeting to be held in Germany
in 2017.
Centre to launch unique ID card for differently-abled and increase the number of categories of
disabilities(Autism is added) - from 7 to 19.
Indo-China Joint Military Exercise HAND-IN-HAND 2015 at Kunming Military Academy, Yunnan, China.
Protocol for establishment of the India-Ecuador Joint Economic and Trade Committee (JETCO) signed
by the Ambassador of Ecuador to India, H.E. Mr. Mentor Villagomez and Ms. Rita Teotia, Commerce
Secretary,India.
The first meeting of the JETCO is proposed to be held early next year in India.
Operation Valsalya to track missing children launched in Kerala
Tata Power launches LED lights scheme for households in Mumbai -Rs 525 per piece, market price of Rs
1,325.
Rajasthan startup policy 2015 was unveiled by CM Vasundhara Raje at the first edition of Rajasthan Startup
Fest on 9th October 2015 at Jaipur 5yrs target. Arun Jaitley announced - Rs. 2,000 crore
Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah announced relief package for distressed farmers - waiver of interest and
penal interest on crop loans from cooperative banks for the current fiscal - Rs 2 lakh to Rs 5 lakh.
SAARC Sufi festival - Sufi dance, music and poetry was organised at Diggi Palace,
Jaipur Aim Terror free world
Akshay Kumar Donates Rs. 50 Lakh for Water Conservation Scheme Jalyukt Shivar Abhiyaan
5th meeting of India-Maldives Joint Commission held after 15 years in Male, Maldives
Cooperation in defence Security signed by Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj and Maldivian Foreign
Minister Dunya Maumoon
Union Health Ministry will launch Mobile (m) Cessation to quit
tobacco Target - 20% by 2020 and 30% by 2025.
Move up in Indirect tax revenue collections with 32.6%. In September 2015 Rs. 61,284 crore is
registered compared to Rs. 46,224 crore in September 2014.
High risk area(HRA) boundary in the Indian Ocean shifted away from the western coastline of India
78 degrees East to the 65 degrees East longitude off Indias western coastline said by by Contact Group of
Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS)
100 food streets to be adopted during first phase of Surakshit Khadya Abhiyan by Confederation of
Indian Industry(CII) and Supported by the ministry of consumer affairs and public distribution.
5th annual anti terrorism exercise (10 day drill) of Indian and Chinese armies kicked off in Kunming
City ,China.1st Drill China, 2nd Karnataka,3rd China, 4 Pune.
Ashok K Kantha (Indian Ambassador to China ),Lieutenant General Surinder Singh(Head of Observers
Delegation ) and Lieutenant General Zhou Xiaozhou (china).
PM lays foundation stone for 4th container terminal of Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trustin Mumbai - Rs 4,719
crore and Rs 3,196 crore.
Mission Abaas launched in Odisha to provide affordable houses to urban poor by Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik.
Mizoram govt abolish the Mizoram Agriculture Marketing Corporation (MAMCO) by the the
recommendations of the Deloitte and Touche India Pvt Limited.
Rajasthan First State to Firm up Private Investments in Affordable Housing
No of MoUs signed 27 , 4 are from affordable housing and Rs.2000cr invested by Tata Housing
Development Company Ltd
Ministry of Environment and forest(Prakash Javadekar) approved Green Indian Mission plans for 4 states
- Kerala, Mizoram, Manipur and Jharkhand Rs. 90,202.68 lakh(5 to 10yrs)
Union Labour Ministry (Narendra Singh Tomar) will launch the National Minimum Wage Act - Minimum
wage base is Rs160
Minimum Wages Act 1948, the payment of wages Act 1936, Payment of bonus act 1965 and equal
remuneration Act 1975
Indian diaspora launched Modi Express bus in UK ,first stop of bus is at Ealing Road, Wembley also
known as Little India.
Australia to return 2000 year old Buddha idol to India from national art gallery in Canberra.
Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana crossed the mark of Rs 25000 crore with zero balance accounts.
TamilNadu banned Ketoprofen to save vultures in Erode, Coimbatore and Nilgiris.
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Delhi Govts Bill Banvao, Inaam Pao scheme to encourage customers to buy goods and services
from registered - min taxable value of Rs.100
Bananas new family found in Andaman Islands at the Botanical Survey of India (BSI).
India, Sweden Agree to Cooperate in Urban Sector Initiatives for the promotion of public transport
,municipal waste management and digitization.
Uttar Pradesh Government launched mobile app mSehat for health workers by CM Akhilesh Yadav
and developed by Kellton Tech Solutions Limited
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan social organisations, NGOs and charitable institutes adopted 29 Central and 11
Western Railway stations to keep them neat and clear by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu.
First Arab-India Economic Forum to be held in Dubai Nov 16-17 - Arun Jaitley
Countries UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, Jordan, Egypt and India
India and Mozambique inked agreement bilateral cooperation and investment promotion in the area of new and
renewable energy has been approved by the Union Cabinet - Mozambique President Filipe Nyusi visit to India
in August
Department of Pharmaceuticals (DoP) instituted an inter-ministerial coordination committee to address the
issues of pharma industry.
Maharashtra cabinet approved a procurement policy to ensure transparency in purchases like Swiss challenge
and electronic reverse auction -over Rs. 3 lakh via e-tendering.
MoU signed between India and Portugal(1st country from Europe) on the Establishment of Nalanda
University by Ambassador Ana Martinho and Jitendra Nath Misra, Ambassador of India to Portugal.
Navy signs Rs 5,000 crore Pact with Russian Shipbuilder Zvezdochka-35 years.
Gas Cooperation Agreement(GCA) signed between Jharkhand and GAIL (India) Limited for
construction of Urja Ganga Jagdishpur-Haldia Pipeline project in Jharkhand.
K Ravi Kumar Director, Industries, Government of Jharkhand and A K Jana GAIL Executive Director .
TRAI(Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) made it compulsory to give a compensation of one rupee
for consumers on call drops from 1st january 2016 3 dropped calls in a day
India-Taipei signed MoU for Cooperation in micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) .
4th ITM (International Tourism Mart - 23 countries) inaugurated by Dr. Mahesh Sharma (Minister of State for
Tourism (Independent Charge) along with Shri Pawan Chamling (Chief Minister of Sikkim) in Gangtok,
Sikkim.
Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu and Prakash Javadekar flagged off the special train(16
coaches) named Science Express Climate Action Special Climate Change - 64 locations.
Gov announced to build a new expressway connecting the national capital and the Pink City(Jaipur) at
an estimated cost of Rs 32,800 crore.
Union Cabinet gave permission for the RCE(Revised Cost Estimate) of Rs.2904.04 crores for the
Kaladan Multi Modal Transit Transport Project in Myanmar.
Railway Ministry launched a scheme dubbed as Alternate Train Accommodation Scheme VIKALP for
waitlisted passengers can access for confirmed berths in alternative trains on the same route - pilot project
no 139.
Bus service linking Kolkata and Agartala via Dhaka flagged off via Dhaka fair ranging between Rs.1,800
and Rs.2,000 - 1,650 km
Former cricketer Laxman joins PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) campaign.
Govt gives consent to the payment of performance related pay (PRP) for Coal India executives and
non-unionized supervisors to boost up the morale and equity of employees working.
PM Narendra Modi inaugurated 10th annual convention of the Central Information Commission in New
Delhi Theme - RTI: Outlook for the future Trust through Transparency
Voluntary use of Aadhaar cards in welfare schemes approved by the 5 judge Constitution bench of
Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice of India HL Dattu.
India to host 3rd India-Africa summit from October 26 October 30 in Newdelhi.
Union Minister of Civil Aviation Sh. P. Ashok Gajapathi Raju initiated International Civil Helicopters
Conclave 2015 and exhibition on Safety Management System, Multi Mission Utility and Regional
Air Connectivity at DRDO Bhawan, New Delhi.
To mark 30th anniversary of Pawan Hans Limited (Helicopter Service Company).
Northern India Textile Research Association (NITRA) signed MoU with Technological University of
Tajikistan during the CII Taxon 2015 organised by industry lobby Confederation of Indian Industry in New
Delhi to boost bilateral trade
Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje signed 13 pacts valued at Rs 50,527 crore with public sector undertakings in
the areas of mines, cement and power sector.
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National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) Act and 99th Constitutional Amendment refused by
the Apex Court 4:1
5 judge Bench constitution bench headed by Justice JS Khehar
Maharashtra revealed that 14708 villages(total villages 43000) of Maharashtra
Marathwada region is worst and Nashik and Jalgaon.
Maharashtra Cricket Association hand over Rs one crore
Chinese smartphone maker Vivo replaced PepsiCo as the title sponsor of IPL -Rs. 396.8 crore for 2 yrs.
Official apparel sponsors of the Indian Cricket Team Nike
7th Asia Pacific Conference on Exercise and Sports Sciences (APCESS) was held inIndia for the
first time at Manav Rachna International University, Faridabad.
Theme Interdisciplinary Applied Approach to Health and Performance Enhancement through
Sports Science
Monumental National Flag measuring 3020 ft at the rotary junction connecting Shantipath, Niti
Marg and Nyaya Marg by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal ,105-ft installed at the Chanakyapuri
area.
Launch of toll-free helpline number 1091 for women in distress - Tripura Police to accept FIR through SMS
or e-mail.
Flight of Nirbhay Missile Aborted developed by DRDO after 700 Seconds of Launch into the Bay of Bengal
SP Jain School of Management among worlds top 100 Economist MBA rankings Financial Times and Forbes.
Rajasthan Special Backward Classes Act 2015 provide 5% reservation in jobs and educational institutions to
the Gujjar, Banjara, Rabari, and Gadia Lohar communities in Rajasthan.
Haryana Gov launched Swadhar Greh to assure economic and social security to women in
difficult circumstances.
Union Tribal Affairs Minister Shri Jual Oram announced the First National Tribal Carnival Feb(12 to 17),
2016 in New Delhi.
India stood at last in global pension index in 7th Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index (MMGPI) report
2015, Denmark top.
Validity of environment clearance (EC) extended by the Gov from 5 years to 7 years EAC or SEAC.
HRIDAY(Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana) scheme launched in warangal by M.
Venkaiah Naidu
IRCTC(Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation) launches pilot project on e-catering service 45 stations
M-commerce Paytm tied up with the Mumbai metro to offer online ticketing and recharges on the
Paytm platform.
Health ministry
Health ministry (Jagat Prakash Nadda) allowed the transfer of blood from one blood bank to another
bank - recommendations of the National Blood Transfusion Council.
Tunnel Technology Institute at Margao in Goa by Konkan Railway announced by Railway Minister
Suresh Prabhu - to mark the Silver Jubilee of Konkan Railway.
19 Indian-Canadians Elected to Canadian Parliament - MP Deepak Obhrai won for the seventh time from
Calgary Forest Lawn.
First Indian - Canadian is Anju Dhillon
Kerala Gender Park launched Food on Wheels to serve safe food and night time provide Night
Eatery Street(NES).
UPChief Minister Akhilesh Yadav announced Rs 50 thousand monthly pensions to Yash Bharti awardees
Gov increased the import tax on wheat to 25% from 10%.
Gov made it mandatory for new business owner to have Aadhaar Card, without which they cant register
their own business.
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting reconstituted the Central Press Accreditation Committee (CPAC).
22-member CPAC is chaired by Frank Noronha
Union Cabinet approved for signing of an agreement between India and Egypt on Maritime Transport.
Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Jitendra Singh launched mobile application for
Public Grievances Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS) portal to address governance-related
grievance
Union cabinet given nod to the Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Bill, 2015 to enhance the monthly bonus
calculation ceiling to Rs 7,000 per month from Rs. 3,500 w.e.f. April 1, 2015.
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India is changing its accounting standards from Generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) to Indian
Accounting Standards (Ind-AS) from April 2016.
PM Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of Andhra Pradeshs capital city
Amaravati at Uddandarayunipalem village in Guntur district
Inauguration of New Integrated Terminal Building in Tirupati
Foundation stone lays for Mobile Manufacturing Hub Shri Venkateswara Mobile and Electronics
Manufacturing Hub in Tirupati
Ministry of Urban Development has approved the first batch of state level Action Plans under AMRUT -Andhra
Pradesh, Gujarat and Rajasthan by Shri Madhusudhan Prasad
India 2nd Most Optimistic In Biz Optimism Globally International Business Report
Mortality Rate Among Indian Girls Below Age of Five Higher Than The Boys: UN Report The World Women
2015.
Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh inaugurated the Indian Police Foundation (IPF) and Indian Police
Institute (IPI) in New Delhi.
Rajasthan Govt decided to introduce a new syllabus from class I to XII in government schools from next
academic session.
Cabinet approved Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) in Criminal Matters between India and the
Maldives.
Mumbai Worlds 11th Best Bed-n-Breakfast Value Destination - TripAdvisor cost comparison study named
TripIndex Breakfast 2015
Odisha gets its First 100% solar-powered village-BARIPATHA - Rs 7-lakh project, co-funded by ECCO
Electronics.
Government divides Maharashtra and Gujarat Naval Areas into two Separate Headquarters - Admiral Satish
Namdeo Ghormade,
New Integrated Licensing Policy publicizes by Haryana .
Aims to maintain proper balance between the aspirations of farmers,property buyers, real estate
developers and the government.
In accordance with report China, USA and India are the 3 leading international student markets in London and
the biggest contributors with 407million, 217million and 130million.
Himachal Pradesh to host Indias first Paragliding World Cup - Union Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi
Raju
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis launched a website on the life of cartoonist Rasipuram
Krishnaswamy Iyer Laxman - www.Rklaxman.Com.
Union Govt eased the panel provision by raising the limit of undeclared or mis-declared baggage that will
attract arrest or prosecution to Rs 20 lakh.
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu announced countrys first-ever double decker Shatabdi Express will run
between the tracks of Mumbai Goa.
Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) announced that income of trusts from yoga-related activities not
be subject to service tax 14%
Hockey India lifts ban on midfielder Gurbaj Singh post High Court order
Department of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries of University of Kerala have discovered four new species of
crab from the Kerala coast.
Arjun Vajpai and Bhupesh Kumar from Noida and Bulandshahr, UP marked their names as the first person to
climb a six thousander high unnamed peak in Himachals Spiti Valley - Mt. Kalam
Ministry of Human Resource Development decided to establish a Review Committee to evaluate NET and NonNET fellowships.
Haryana gov planned to commission 215 additional sub-stations of various capacities in the next three years
under Mhara Gaon Jagmag Gaon scheme
Indian Railways develops warning system for unmanned level crossings - Coimbatore-Metupallayam section.
Academics and Research department of Fortis Escorts Heart Institute led by Professor Dr Upendra Kaul report
gets global recognition
Pranab Mukherjee has promulgated two ordinances
One for constitution of commercial courts and another to amend the Arbitration and Conciliation Act
1996.
External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj inaugurated the India Africa Friendship Rose garden in New Delhi.
Finmin imposed sin taxfor Alcohol and tobacco industries under the proposed GST structure.
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Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar announced to open a Sanskrit University for Schedule Castes (SCs) in
Mundri village.
Doordarshan emerges most watched Hindi channel as per Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC)
rating.
Army launch Department of Veterans Affairs (DOVA) - to look at the problems and welfare of ex-servicemen.
Japan State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Yosuke Takagi and AP CM N. Chandrababu
Naidu signed MoC on development of new capital city of Andhra Pradesh and industry cooperation.
Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu flagging-off a Vigithon to fight against corruption -Union Bank of India.
Government sets-up R.V. Easwar Committee(9 members) to simplify the provisions of IT Act, 1961
Urban Development Ministry approves Rs 431 cr for 8 heritage sites under HRIDAY.
Ministry of HUPA(Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation) clears first affordable housing projects under
Housing for All by 2022 Mission for Chattisgarh by Dr.Nandita Chatterjee.
India Becomes Biggest Gold Consumer by Surpassing China - Thomson Reuters report,
Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) deploy women personnel in combat duties at its high-altitude posts along
the Indo-China border.
SC directed to scrap quota in higher education in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu - Supreme
Court Bench headed by Justices Dipak Misra .
France to introduce biometric visas to Indians-long-term visas for 3 or 5 year
8th National Seed Congress 2015 was organized at Hyderabad, Telangana
Theme Quality Seed for Farmers Prosperity
Gandhiji & Narendra Modi named in Top 10 WEFs Most Admired Personality Globally - World Economic
Forum (WEF)
TB cases recorded maximum in India - 20th annual evaluations produced by WHO
MP gov decided to provide 33 percent reservation to women in government jobs CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
World Bank report of Doing Business 2016, India ranked at 8th position globally and China ranked at 134th.
Singapore, New Zealand and Hong Kong 1st
National Tribal Advisory Council formed and it is chaired by the PM Modi for effecting monitoring and
implementation of various tribal welfare schemes.
Minister of Civil Aviation Shri P. Ashok Gajapathi Raju released Revised Draft National Civil Aviation Policy
(NCAP 2015) in New Delhi.
Nation celebrates Sardar Patel Jayanti as Rashtriya Ekta Diwas(National Unity Day) and PM flags off Run for
Unity at Rajpath
Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) with Radio Mirchi launched Indias first airport radio, Mirchi T3.
Minister for Culture Priya Sethi announced 27 new heritage sites of Jammu, Kashmirand Ladakh under J&K
Heritage Conservation and Preservation Act 2010.
International Affairs
Union cabinet approved the protocols amending tax agreements with Israel and vietnam - aimed to dealing
with black money.
G-20(Chairman Ahmet Davutoglu) members nation finalized that India will be chairing G20 in 2018 and
New Delhi ,2015 the presidency is held by Turkey,China(2016), Germany(2017).
With the vote of 119 member states celebrate hoisting of flag at UN -President Mahmoud Abbas.
Asian Development Bank (ADB) finance India-Bangladesh electricity network with $120 million - 1000MW.
India numbered in FACTA(Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act) list of US Treasury Department 34 countries.
Required to exchange tax information of up to 60 countries -3,770 crore
Controversial resolution titled Promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka
adopted by United Nations Human Rights Council during its 30th session.
26th edition Indonesia Bilateral Maritime Exercise - CORPAT (Coordinated Patrolling) in the Andaman Sea 03 Oct to 21 Oct 15 - INS Saryu
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has launched largest exercise Trident Juncture since 2002
with troops from 30 states - non-NATO in Italy, Spain and Portugal.
36,000 troops, more than 60 warships and 200 aircraft -Sep 28 to Nov 6, 2015
Indo-US will kick off the 9th round of Trade Policy Forum (Trade dialogue body) meet October 28 in
America. Agriculture Investment, intellectual property rights, Services, and Tariff and Non-Tariff Barriers.
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Indian
Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman,US Trade Representative Michael Froman
India and Lithuania Agree to Intensify Agricultural Cooperation
Minister of State for Agriculture, Mr Mohanbhai Kundariya bilateral talks in Vilnius with
Lithuanian vice Minister for Agriculture Mr. Vilius Martuzevicius.
2,000-year-old Arch of Triumph Pearl of the Desert in Syrias ancient city of Palmyra by destroyed by
Islamic State
Nepal turns to UN over obstruction of trade point with India - Vienna Programme of Action for 20142024 ,Nepal is landlocked developing countries (LLDCs).
China launched Typhoon detecting missile - first typhoon detecting rocket from Hainan.
After 12 years, International Zone of Baghdad or Green Zone opened to the general public -Iraqs prime
minister Haider al-Abadi.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel visit to India Oct (4 6), 2015
3rd Inter-Governmental Consultations (IGC) - 18 MOUs signed to boost industrial investment and
create skilled jobs
Indo-German Partnerships in Higher Education
Cooperation in Food Safety between Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, and Food
Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI).
Cooperation in the field of manufacturing and Agricultural Studies Indo-German Solar
Energy Partnership
Germany returned stolen 10th century Goddess statue to India Germany financed
Green energy projects with 125 million euro
Indo-German Summit in BangaloreTheme Digitising Tomorrow Together An
Indo-German Summit and Agenda To promote Industrie 4.0.
Agreement between Tata Power and Rohde & Schwarz
Agreement between HMT Limited and Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
12 Pacific Rim countries have inked the major TPP agreement by creating the worlds largest free trade area
in Atlanta, US , aimed at to cuts trade tariffs - 40% of the world economy.
Modi ranks 13th in global list of most influential people in the fifth edition of the Bloomberg Markets Most
Influential list.
US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen(1st), Chinese President Xi Jinping(2nd) and Apple CEO Tim
Cook(3rd)
Forbes 50 richest families in Asian: 14 Indian families in the list with 4 spots in top 10.
Lee Byung-Chull family (Samsung 1st), Lee (Shau Kee) family (Henderson Development 2nd), Ambani
family(Reliance Group 3rd), Premji family(Wipro 7th ), Hinduja family -Hinduja Group(9th ), Mistry family
(Shapoorji Pallonji Group 10th )
India signedagreement on transfer of sentenced persons with Hong Kong Special Administrative in New
Delhi.
Indias GDP forecast slipped down from 7.5% to 7.3% and global GDP growth forecast for the year from
3.3% to 3.1% - IMF World Economic Outlook .
China launches international payment system(CIPS) to globalise yuan - became one of the worlds top
five payment currencies
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation(NATO) Defence Ministers agreed to set up two more small
headquarters Force Integration Units in Hungary and Slovakia.
V20 Group launched by Vulnerable Nations to Foster Greater Investment in Climate Resiliency at the
annual meeting of International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank in Lima, Peru - 100 billion dollars ,
50:50 balance in resources.
BRICS issued a joint declaration at first ministerial meeting on migration held in Sochi,Russia to fight and
prevent the organised human trafficking and migrants smuggling .
Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli elected as new Prime Minister of Nepal, became the first PM under the newly
adopted constitution of Nepal.
UN Security Council adopted a resolution authorizing European Union (EU) and individual countries to
cope with humanitarian crisis on the high seas of Libya.
Supported by 14 members except Venezuela, Operation Sophia to monitor traffickers.
In 65 years Pranab Mukherjee was first Indian President to visit Jordan after Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi visit
in 1988.
6 MoU: On Maritime Transport, Training programmes for diplomats, On IT and Electronics, Cultural
Exchange Programme for 2015-17, Standardization and Conformity Assessment and Exchange of news
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Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated a Mahatma Gandhi street in Amman, the capital city of Jordan.
First Indian President Pranab Mukherjee visit to Palestine(Oct 12 - 13)
India offers economic and political support of $5 million to Palestine. Both
nations announced five projects of$17.79 million
Al-Quds University conferred Honorary Doctorate to Shri Pranab Mukherjee and also named him as a
valiant knight of peace
Sharia-e-Al-hind (India road) and Midan-e-Al-hind (India roundabout) in Ramallah is named after
Pranab Mukherjee
Dutch probe confirms Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 shot down using Ukraine by a Russian made Buk Missile
July 2014.
China activated worlds highest-altitude hydropower station dubbed as Zam Hydropower Station located
on the Yarlung Zangbo River which is known as Brahmaputra in India.
Irans Parliament gives Pre-approval for Nuclear Deal with 6 world powers US, UK, Russia, France, China
and German.
Navies of India Japan and US are participated in exercise Malabar Oct (14-19).
Egypt ,Japan ,Senegal Ukraine and Uruguay are elected as the non permanent members by the UN
General Assembly.
China and Indonesia inked an USD 5.5 billion deal to build the first high-speed railway - USD5.5bn .
Myanmar gov inked a peace accord with eight ethnic armed groups to end the countrys long running
conflicts. India represented by National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and PM Modis special envoy for
northeast R N Ravi
US launched anti-bullying campaign in three South Asian languages Hindu, Urdu and Punjabi - Act
To Change
1100-km gas pipeline agreement inked between Pak-Russia, from Lahore to Karachi - infuse $2 billion
US plans to extend the US military presence in Afghanistan after 2016 to help Afghan forces from
growing Taliban threat.
2nd Asia Partnership Meeting on Disaster Risk Reduction will be hosted by the the Ministry of Home Affairs
in New Delhi on Nov.17-19, 2015.
International Religious Freedom Report 2014 - accordance with the International Religious Freedom Act of
1998. Anti-conversion laws in six states Arunachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh,
Odisha, and Madhya Pradesh.
Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Karnataka top the list of anti-Christian violence
BRICS University President Forum 2015held at Chinese capital Beijing,
Aim to build an exchange platform among academia, political sphere and business community, leading to indepth research on major challenges confronted by BRICS countries.
NATO(North Atlantic Treaty Organization) launched the biggest military exercise Trident Juncture
in Italy(Sicilian city Trapani)- 36,000 soldiers from more than 30 countries.
NATO Deputy Secretary General Alexander Vershbow
Moodys released a report on the Global Green Bonds Market Third Quarter Issuance Lags, but COP21Linked Increase Is Likely
Green bond market will exceed $40bn.
US Secretary of State John Kerry visit to Spain signed an agreement with Spain for the cleanup and removal
of land contaminated with radioactivity at Palomares from U.S. hydrogen bombs.
WHO released global status report on road safety 2015 based on the informations from 180 countries .
UNESCO released a report on Gender and Education for All (EFA) 2000-2015.
Russia and US have signed a MoU to avoid mid-air incidents over Syrian skies
Pakistan set to become fifth largest n-power by 2025 - US Nuclear Notebook report by Hans Kristensen and
Robert Norris
Britain and China inked nuclear deal 18 billion-pound ($28 billion) - Chinese President Xi Jinping and Britain
PM Prime Minister David Cameron
13 museums in 7 countries named as the recipients of Bank Of America grants for the conservation of artworks
- more than $ 1 million .
Chinas First High-Resolution Satellite Ziyuan III Maps Large Part of World
Scientists detect Ethyl Alcohol and Simple Sugar from gas emitted by Comet Lovejoy in Sierra Nevada in
Spain.
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China, Japan and South Korea will hold a summit in South Korea(Seoul).
Queen Elizabeth II invites Indian-origin engineer Roma Agrawal to palace
China made copying in examinations a crime punishable up to seven years as per the 9th amendment of
Criminal Law of China.
In Poland elections Law and Justice Party won elections PM Ewa Kopacz
India(Smt Sreya Guha) and France(Mr. Bruno Racine) signed MoU on digital preservation and conservation of
rare.
BRICS Ministerial Meeting on Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) was held in Moscow.
BRICS nations agreed for co-investment of resources for supporting multilateral Research and
Development (R&D) Projects signed by Union Minister for Science and Technology and Earth
Sciences Harsh Vardhan .
Nepal signed MoU with China to import all kinds of fuel in order to ease fuel crisis in the country.
Archaeologists unearth 3,500-year-old warriors grave in Greece by team of archaeologists from the University
of Cincinnati
Asia Pacific listed in most Vulnerable Region to Disaster as per United Nations Asia-Pacific Disaster Report
2015.
China President Li Keqiang and Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel ink 13 deals to step up cooperation - USD
17 billion pact.
Pakistan loses UN human rights council election -105 votes in the 193-member.
China abandons its decades old One Child Policy by President Xi Jinping.
New rule allowed to have two children.
Banking & Finance
8 public sector banks have allotted equity shares on preferential basis to the gov in lieu of capital infusion of
Rs 13,955 cr.
SBI, BOI,PNB,Canara Bank, Corporation Bank, Dena Bank,Andhra Bank and BOB
Card-less mVisa launched by ICICI - developed by Visa International
SBI to cut down its lending rate by 40 basis points to 9.3% - to pay 0.7% above base rate i.e. nearly 10% for
their home loans.
UCO Bank named as worst performer in public sector banks with highest number of nonperforming assets(NPAs), other banks are IOB, BoM, Dena Bank and Corporation Bank
RBI relaxed norms of FPI(Foreign Portfolio Investors) investment in Government Securities
October 12 from Rs.1.53 lakh crore to Rs.1.7 lakh crore and From January 1 Rs 1.86 lakh crore.
RBI act as the aggregator of payments by using RBIs core banking solution e-Kuber for the upcoming GST.
Dena Bank(GM of Dena Bank K.C.Chhipa) ties up with bankbazaar.com(CEO -Mr.Adhil Shetty) for
capturing retail loan business.
Telenor launches free insurance for mobile phone users - Rs 5,000 to Rs 50,000
Go digital nationwide campaign Har Zaroorat Poori Ho Chutki Mein, Bank Aapki Mutthi Mein by HDFC
Bank MD,Aditya Puri.
Theme Digital banking is enabling customer convenience as never before
Yes Bank got permission of RBI to sponsor a mutual fund and to set up an asset management company
(AMC) and a trustee company.
2015 Annual Meetings of World Bank Group and IMF were held at Lima, Peru October (9 11), 2015
RBI(Parvathy V Sundaram-Chief GM) inked pact with Bank of Botswana(Andrew M Motsomi Director) agreed for Supervisory Cooperation and Exchange of Supervisory Information.
Kotak Mahindra Bank launched the Kotak Bharat app in Kannada that requires no Internet connectivity
Enables customers to manage their savings accounts, current accounts and credit cards - transfer up to
Rs. 2,500 per day
Finance Ministry is coming up with its new digital platform dubbed as Income Tax Business
Application-Permanent Account Number (ITBA-PAN)
Enables taxman to examine thePAN life cycle summary.
SBI bank received a nod from RBI for setting up of subsidiary that will work on banks real estate assets
KPMG.
RBI 2007s FIF(Financial Inclusion Fund) & FITF(Inclusion Technology Fund) reborn to Rs 2,000
crore GOI, RBI and NABARD in the ratio of 40:40:20.
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RBI opened a new sub-office in Imphal , part of Look East Policy

Mahindra Comviva publicized its gaining to the Indian market to provide the technological solutions
and infrastructure to the payments banks in India
Bank of Baroda launches Chillr Mobile App for fund transfer ,first public sector bank to partner with Chillr.
Wadia Group backed GoAir is planning an initial public offer (IPO) by the end of 2016 which would help
its proposed international operations - Rs 3,268-crore.
PM Narendra Modi inaugurated IDFC Bank in New Delhi.
RBI signed MoU with the Central Bank of UAE, United Arab Emirates on Supervisory Cooperation
and Exchange of Supervisory Information.
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) sanctioned a loan of Rs 134.64 crore
to Haryana under Rural Infrastructure Development Fund.
RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan went with the majority view of the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) on
the policy rate to announce the rate cut by 50 bps to 6.75%.
RBI issued guidelines for the Gold Monetisation Scheme (GMS)
Allow banks to fix their own interest rates on gold deposits.
No bar for maximum gold deposit and minimum 30 grams
Gov exempted the banking correspondents from service tax for account under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana
(PMJDY).
11 new payments banks are expected to expand penetration of the banking sector in rural areas - World Bank
Report
Yes Bank inked a partnership with Snapdeal and Blue Dart to enhance the Cash on Delivery(COD) model.
Federal Bank become first bank in India to launched Malayalam and Hindi language mobile banking
application FedMobile.
SEBI ordered attachment of banks and demat accounts of 11 entities to recover dues worth nearly Rs 22 lakh.
Japan offered to finance Indias first bullet train with an estimated cost of Rs. 90000 crores - Mumbai and
Ahmedabad with speed 300km/h and 350km/h.
Paytm ties up with Bank of Maharashtra to offer mobile wallet top up facility through bank ATMs.
Housing Development and Infrastructure Ltd (HDIL) invest Rs 150 crore for the first phase of its upcoming
affordable housing project at Virar in Mumbai.
RBI signed MoU with Bangladesh Bank for exchange of supervisory information.
Gov decided to enhance the financial powers delegated to designated Central Government hospitals/institutes
from Rs. 2 lakh to Rs. 5 lakh under Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi (RAN)
RBI notified that Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs)/ Registered Foreign Portfolios Investors (RFPIs) can
nvest up to 74% of the paid up capital of DEN Networks Limited under the Portfolio Investment Scheme (PIS).
Yes Bank started operations from its IFSC banking unit at Gujarat International Finance Tec City.
Arun Jaitley launched two taxpayer eSahyog and PAN camps friendly measures with a view to streamlining the
taxation procedure.
EXIM bank announced that it will set up in Africa a development firm KPDC(Kukuza Project Development
Company).
RBI allowed Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) to subscribe the National Pension System (NPS) as an investment
option under FEMA, 1999.
Minimum Rs 6,000 , If the amount is < Rs 2 lakh - withdrawn.
If amount is > Rs 2 lakh the subscriber must put at least 40% of the corpus
RBI allowed companies to issue rupee-denominated bonds abroad
Issued by International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Asian Development Bank(ADB) under
the Income-tax Act, 1961.
Business
IBM is going to instigate cloud data centre in Chennai - $1.2 billion - IBMs 42nd data centre globally but first
in India.
Infosys overtook HDFC Bank as 3rd most valued company in m-cap , TCS 1st.
India signs Rs 105 cr deal for 194 micro-light planes(Garur) with Slovenian firm Pipistrel - Indian Air
Force,the Navy and the NCC.
Tata Housing ties up with Facebook to sell leisure homes Goa Paradise in Goa
Siemen inked MoU with Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (IL&FS) and Gujarat International
Finance Tec-City Company (GIFTCL) to develop Smart Mobility Solutions Tec-City GIFT in Gujarat.
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Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) of Malaysia proposed to invest USD 30 billion in
urban development and housing projects in India.
Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance(Anuj Agarwal) inked agreement with Dhanlaxmi Bank(CEO - G Sreeram) - Rs.
400 crore - to sell life insurance products
Aditya(51%) partnership with Dubai-based private equity firm Abraaj(49%) - solar energy target to 100
Gigawatt by 2022.
Reliance Capitals Rewards Programme, Employee Stock Option (ESOP) Scheme-Rs.150 crore to
encourage employees for their contribution in growth and profitability of the Company.
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ)signed a Memorandum MoU with the India Pulses and
Grains Association to handle pulses import
PTC India inked a pact with SECI for sale and purchase of power generated from 3,000-mw solar projects
25yrs.
Environmental permit for the construction of coal mines of Adani Enterprises reissued by the Australian gov - $
7 Billion.
Hyderabad based Madhucon Projects sold its Madhucon Agra- Jaipur Expressways Ltd
(MAJEL) to Singapore-based Cube Highways and Infrastructure for Rs 248 crore.
Apollo Hospital launches Homecare services in Hyderabad, New Delhi and Chennai
Sushma Swaraj and Russias Deputy PM Dmitry Rogozin, chairing the 21st India-Russia Inter-Governmental
Consultations recognized the ways to enhance the mutual direct investment to $15 billion by 2025.
India-France clinched Rs 30,000 crore offset deal on 36 Rafale fighter aircraft.
Indias biggest-ever offsets deals.
Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) and Indian Railways signed MoU to develop a bond of Rs 2,000 cr
Indian School of Business (ISB) signed MoU with Melbourne-based Deakin Universit
To collaborate in research, teaching, student exchange programmes, internationalising curriculum, and
developing innovative.
Projects joint venture with Italys Saipem won a biggest third-party order of $1.57 billion order from Kuwait
National Petroleum Company.
14 Indian energy companies listed in Platts Global Energy Firm Ranking RIL(14), ONGC(17), Coal
India(38), BPC(59),Indian oil(66), GAIL(120)
Top 5 Energy Firms : Exxon Mobil Corp, Chevron Corp, Royal Dutch Shell plc, CNOOC Ltd and
PetroChina.
Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das, Government has cleared 16 foreign investment proposals amounting to
Rs 4,722 crore, rejected 8 proposals.
FIPB(Foreign Investment Promotion Board) cleared six foreign investment proposals out of seven
proposals,proposal of Volkswagen was rejected.
India ranks 130 in World Banks 2016 rankings of Ease of Doing Business,142 in the ranking for 2015.
Singapore(1),New Zealand(2) and Denmark.
Acquisitions & Mergers
US Microsoft acquired Irish video game engine and 3D physics provider Havokfrom American chip-maker
Intel for improving the gaming experience by using new courses of 3D technology
Worlds largest life insurers company Nippon Life increased its stake in Reliance Capital Asset
Management (RCAM) to 49% from 35% - Rs.1196 crore.
Aditya Birla Group joins ecommerce with portal abof.com - online fashion portal for apparel, footwear
and accessories.
Owner of USA TODAY, Gannett Co acquired Newspaper Company Journal Media Group for about
$280 million
HCL Technologies Ltd acquired Bengaluru-based engineering services firm Concept to Silicon Systems
(C2SiS) to extend its leadership position in the semiconductor industry.
PC maker Dell(Michael Dell) to acquire cloud data storage EMC Corporation for $67 billion - the biggest deal
in tech industry.
Sweden-based drug firm Recipharm has acquired a majority stake of 74% in Nitin Life sciences Ltd - Rs
671.2 crore.
Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt purchased UAE-based Masters Champions League (MCL) for an undisclosed
sum.
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HCL Technologies acquired CRM services firm PowerObjects for 299 crore rupees.
IBM to acquire the Weather Co including its Weather.com website over $2 billion
Western Digital (WDC) is buying flash memory giant SanDisk (SNDK) for $19 billion.
Awards
President Pranab Mukherjee presented the National Awards for Senior Citizens Vayoshreshtha
Samman 2015 in New Delhi.
Category
Name
Award for Iconic mother
Award for centenarian
Leelaben Chhabildas Gurjar (91)

Uday Singh Mann (104)
Life Time Achievement Award
Yashwant Narayan Kadam and Manohar Vishwanath Bhale
Creative Art Award
Jitendra Udhampuri
Creative Art Award
Rabindranath Das Shastri (78)
Award In sports & adventure
Bahadur Singh
Best District Panchayat
Panchayats of Dindori(Madhya Pradesh) and Udupi(Karnataka)
Best Institutions
Gram Vikas Parsihad(Assam) Pravara Rural Hospital (Maharashtra)
Forbes India Leadership lifetime achievement award 2015 is conferred to Maruti Suzuki Chairman RC
Bhargava.
Zubaan movie director Mozez Singh honoured with Rising Director Asia Star award at the ongoing 20th
Busan International Film Festival.
Solid waste management of Trichy Corporation receive honour by Gurgaon-based group Skoch dealing
with socio economic issues for effective monitoring technology, radio frequency identification system
(RFID).
18-year-old Indian boy named Ramkumar Raman UAE recognised by Association of Chartered
Certified Accountants (ACCA),as the youngest affiliate ever.
Infosys China CEO Rangarajan Vellamore (48) became the first Indian to confer with highest honour
for foreigners Magnolia Gold award of Shanghai.
Ratan Tata felicitated by the city of Coventry with its highest award in recognition of his contributions to
the West Midlands region of central England.
Kanamadi of Vijayapura taluk, Chimmalagi of Basavanabagewadi, Rudagi of Muddebihal, Baradol of
India and Gabasavalagi of Sindgi taluk of the district of Karnataka selected for the Gandhi Grama
award
Magician Zenia Bhumgara honoured with the prestigious Merlin award by the International Magicians
Association (IMA) in Mumbai.
2015 Right Livelihood Awards Canadas Sheila Watt-Cloutier Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera from Uganda,
Italian surgeon Gino StradaPacific islandsforeign minister, Tony de Brum.
FILA event 2015:
Category
Name
Best CEO Public Sector
Arundhati Bhattacharya (State Bank of India)
Best CEO Private Sector
CP Gurnani (Tech Mahindra Ltd)
Best CEO MNC
Uday Shankar (Star India Pvt. Ltd)
Entrepreneur for the Year
Uday Kotak (Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd)
Entrepreneur with Social Impact
Samit Ghosh (Ujjivan Financial Services Pvt. Ltd)
NextGen Entrepreneur for the
Siddhartha Lal (Eicher Motors)
Year
Outstanding Startup for the Year
Bhavish Aggarwal and Ankit Bhati (OLA)
Lifetime Achievement Award
RC Bhargava (Maruti Suzuki India Ltd)
Conscious Capital for the Year
Godrej Consumer Products Ltd & Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing
Federation Ltd (Amul)
Noble Prize Winners -2015
Nobel Prize Categories
Nobel Prize 2015 Winners
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Nobel Prize in Physics
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Nobel Prize in Literature
Nobel Prize in Peace
SWEDISH Riksbank Prize in
Economics
Takaaki Kajita, Tomas

Lindahl,Paul Modrich, Aziz
Arthur B. McDonald
William C. Campbell,
Satoshi Omura
Youyou Tu
Svetlana Alexievich
National Dialogue Quartet
Angus Deaton
Safaigiri Summit and Awards 2015

Award
Winner
Garbage Guru Award
Colonel (Retired) Suresh Rege
Toilet Titan Award
Siddeek Ahmed, Chairman Eeram Solutions
Safaigiri Tech Icon Award
Dr. R Vasudevan, Dean Thiagarajar Engineering College
Safaigiri Water Warrior Award
Anoop Ratnaker Rao, CEO , Naandi Community Water
Safaigiri Community Mobiliser Award
Safaigiri Cleanest Marketplace Award
PB Salim
Rock Garden, Chandigarh (Vijay Dev, Adviser to Chandigarh
Administration)
Connaught Place (NDMC Chairman Naresh Kumar)
Safaigiri Cleanest Hill Station
Gangktok (Gangtok Municipal Corp Commissioner CP Dhakal)
Safaigiri Award for Cleanest Ghat
Assi Ghat, Varanasi
Safaigiri Award for Cleanest Monument
Victoria Memorial, Kolkata
Safaigiri Award for Corporate

Trailblazer
Piramal Group
Safaigiri Cleanest Park Award
Safaigiri Award for Cleanest Beach

Town
Safaigiri Award for Cleanest Temple
Town
Havelock Island, Andaman

Tirupati
Saudi blogger Raif Badawi and poet James Fenton wins Pinter free-speech prize
Fellowship in Canada
Anita Abraham-executive director of Meal Exchange (MX), Ritesh
Kotak-cyber-whiz
Mrinalini Menon-Royal Bank of Canada
Pam Sethi-health policy
Raif Badawi and British poet and literary critic James Fenton honoured with PEN Pinter prize.
Indian firm Nualgi won Popular Choice Award in the field of nanotechnology at Climate CoLab of MIT
AR Rahman bestowed with the 5th Hridaynath Mangeshkar Award in Mumbai
Subhash Chandran(Malayalam Writer) bags Vayalar Award for novel named Manushyanu Oru Amukham
Kerala Govt honoured filmmaker I V Sasi (Irruppam Veedu Sasidaran) with its J C Daniel award.
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways acquired ISO 9001:2008 certificate from the CMD of Indian
Register Quality Systems (IRQS).
Tamil Nadu gov bestowed Dr Shanthi Ranganathan with Avvaiyaar Award 2015 presented by TN CM
J Jayalalithaa
Vikram Gokhale to receive Vishnudas Bhave Award for contribution to Marathi theatre
Arun Jaitley Bags Best Finance Minister of the year ,Asia award winner given by London based
publication Emerging Markets.
RBI governor Raghuram Rajan recognised as Central Bank Governor of the Year award for Asia 2014.
Jamaican author Marlon James Wins Man Booker Prize 2015 for high quality literary fiction written in English.
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India tops the list of taking investor confidence by Bank of America Merill Lynch
Bharti Airtel awarded as the winner of the top treasury team(Asia) awards at the Adam Smith Asia Awards
Assams lady mahout appreciated with lifetime achievement award for her works with and rides an elephant.
Golden Peacock Global Award for Sustainability (GPGAS) 2015 awarded to steel major Tata Steel by
the Institute of Directors, India - Bimlendra Jha (Executive Chairman Tata steel)
India(40%) overtaken Israelth and become the third largest startup U.S. and U.K in global startup
space. Bengaluru ranked 15 globally.
Yes Bank Selected in Dow Jones Sustainability Indices
Cristiano Ronaldo honoured with fourth GoldenBoot in Madrid.
Hurvard Humanitarian of the Year Award has been conferred to Indian Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi
Shah Rukh Khan receives honorary doctorate from Edinburgh University Scotland for his contribution to
film and his philanthropic work.
Delhi Metros bagged ranked first ininformation during travel and holds second position in train
cleanliness and comfort.
Lifetime achievement award conferred on NRI journalist Mihir Bose in London for his contribution to
cricket journalism.
BOB bestowed poet, lyricist and advertising guru Prasoon Joshi with Maharaja Sayajirao Bhasha Samman for
his outstanding contribution in promoting Hindi.
Bill Clinton receives and Tostan human rights award in University of Connecticut
Indias An Old Dogs Diary wins Best short film award at London Film Festival 2015.
Model-actress Urvashi Rautela from Uttarakhand crowned with Yamaha Fascino Miss Diva 2015.
Malayalam writer Usha Kumari has honoured with O V Vijayan Literature Award for her novel
Chithirapurathe Janaki.
Noted criminologist K Chockalingam conferred with the Paul H Appleby Award.
G P Hinduja and S P Hinduja judged as the second most influential Asians in Britain in the GG2 Power 101 list
compiled by the Asian Media and Marketing Group (AMG).
Sajid Javid is in the first position, Priti Patel followed by Lakshmi Mittal
Keralas Thekkady named as the worlds top emerging destination in the inaugural Pacific Asia Travel
Association (PATA) CEO Challenge 2015 in Bangkok.
South Koreas Seong-Jin Cho won the prestigious 17th international Frederic Chopin piano competition in the
Polish capital, Warsaw.
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe awarded with 2015 Confucius Peace Prize by China
Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowships and Awards 2014
Category
Winner Name
Music
Vocal
Ashwani Bhide Deshpande, Iqbal Ahmed Khan, Nath Narelkar
Instrumental Tabla
Nayan Ghosh
Instrumental Flute
Ronu Majumdar
Carnatic Music Vocal
Neyveli Santhanagopalan
Instrumental Carnatic Violin
Dwaram Durga Prasad Rao
Instrumental Thavil
T. A. Kaliyamurthy
Instrumental Ghatam
Sukanya Ramgopal
Dance
Bharatnatyam
Adayar Janardanan
Kathak
Uma Dogra
Manipuri
N. Amusana Devi
Kuchipudi
Vedantam Radhesyam
Odissi
Sudhakar Sahoo
Sattriya
Anita Sharma
Chhau
Jagru Mahato
Creative Dance
Navtej Singh Johar
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Music For Dance
Kathakali
Varanasi Vishnu Namboothiri

Theatre
Acting
Ramdas Kamath
Direction
Surya Mohan Kulshrestha, Chidambar Rao Jambe
Playwriting
Asgar Wajahat
Allied Theatre Arts
Music for Theatre
Amod Bhatt
Music for Theatre Chattisgarh
Amardas Manikpuri
Major Traditions of Theatre
Yakshagana
Manjunath Bhagwat Hostota

Traditional / Folk / Tribal / Dance / Music / Theatre and Puppetry
Traditional Music Punjab
Puran Shah Koti
Puppetry Puducherry
K. Kesavasamy
Makeup/Costume for Kathakali
Kalamandalam Ram Mohan
Mask Making Assam
Reba Kanta Mohanta
Folk Music Jammu & Kashmir
Abdul Rashid Hafiz
Thang-Ta Manipur
K.Shanathoiba Sharma
Nautanki U.P.
Ramdayal Sharma
Folk Music Tripura
Thanga Darlong
Overall Contribution/Scholarships
Akshara K. V. and Indudhar Nirody
Sangeet Natak Akademi Ratna Puraskar ( Akademi Fellow)
S. R. Janakiraman, M.S. Sathyu, Vijay Kichlu and Tulsidas Borkar
1st National Indian Arts Awards presented in UK

Winner of Lifetime Achievement Award : Dr M N Nandakumara
Winner of Sangeet Acharya Ratna Award (Music) :Sivasakthi Sivanesan
Winner of Nritya Acharya Ratna(Dance) :Pushkala Gopal
Winner of Yuva Ratna Award(Young Musician ):Yarlinie Thanabalasingham
Winner of Yuva Ratna Award Young Dancer of the Year : Parbati Chaudhury
Tarang Musician of the year :Jasdeep Singh Degun
Samyo Musician of the Year :Sanjuran Keerthikumar
Indian national Easwari Shellaiah working in Singapore as maid awarded by Asian Womens Welfare
Association (AWWA)
Raif Badawi, the Saudi blogger won the EUs Sakharov prize for human rights.
Director Pan Nalins film Angry Indian Goddesses bagged BNL Peoples Choice Award at the 10th Rome
Film Festival.
Indo-American farmer Anita Adalja honoured with white House Champions of Change for sustainable and
climate-smart agriculture.
Founder of Sulabh International Bindeshwar Pathak was selected for a top US humanitarian award.
Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER) and Kochis Amrita Institute
of Medical Sciences, PGIMER of Chandigarh are selected as the best hospitals by the British Medical
Journal(BMJ).
Appointments & Resigns
Mr. Oliver Blume (47) appointed as CEO of Volkswagens Porsche, succeed Matthias Mueller.
Rajiv Lall appointed as the MD & CEO of IDFC Bank.
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I S Jha has taken over the additional charge of Chairman & Managing Director of Power Grid.
Chairman of the food regulator FSSAI (Food Safety and Standards Authority of India) Ashish Bahuguna has
given an additional charge of its CEO.
Flipkart appointed Sriram Venkataraman as CFO(Chief Financial officer).
Ajay Sharma is appointed as British Ambassador to Qatar, succeedor of Nicholas Hopton.
Sumit Issar appointed as Managing Director of MIL and Mahindra Steel Service Centre Limited (MSSCL) as a
succeedor of Harsh Kumar.
Twitter appointed Jack Dorsey permanent CEO, succeedor of Dick Costolo.
iGate CEO Ashok Vemuri resigned from his position.
Rear Admiral S V Bhokare apponited as Eastern Fleet Commander, succeedor of Rear Admiral AB Singh.
Man Mohan Bhanot designated asIndias ambassador to the Syrian Arab Republic, succeedor of S.R. Meena.
South Korean Hoesung Lee as its fourth chairman of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(IPCC), succeedor of Rajendra Pachauri.
Iconic A.R. Rahman appointed as Cultural Ambassador for Seychelles
German Car Company Volkswagen appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Hans Dieter Poetsch as a
chairman of Board of Directors ,replace Ferdinand Piech
Amit Gossain appointed as Kone India MD
Actor Sidharth Malhotra appointed as New Zealand tourism ambassador
Girish Shankar appointed as the Secretary of the Department of Official Language under Home Ministry.
SEBI has appointed corporate affairs secretary Tapan Ray to its board, succeedor of Anjuly Chib Duggal.
Padma Shri awarded writer Shashi Deshpande resigned from the Sahitya Akademi General Council.
Shekhar Basu designated as atomic Energy Secretary and Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission ,
succeedor of RK Sinha.
Farooqui appointed as Broadband Forum Chairman
Naishadh Parikh is the new chairman of Confederation of Indian Textile Industries(CITI)and new
Secretary General is Binoy Job.
Rajeev Kher appointed as Competition Appellate Tribunal member.
Telenor named Sharad Mehrotra as new India CEO and Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing
Officer - Vivek Sood
M D Ranganath to take charge as Infosys CFO as Rajiv Bansal quits
Infosys appointed Krish Shankar head of global HR
RADM Ravneet Singh, NM Assumeed Command of Western Fleet of Indian Navy
Alkesh Sharma appointed CEO, MD of Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development
Corporation(DMICDC).
Barclays to appointed JP Morgans investment banker Jes Staley as CEO
Reliance Power appointed as N Venugopala Rao as CEO.
P S Jayakumar designated as MD & CEO of BOB(Bank of Baroda)
Udai Kumar appointed interim MD & CEO of MSEI(Metropolitan Stock Exchange of India Ltd)
Jioji Konousi Konrote elected as the President of Fiji.
Google executive Omid Kordestani appointed as chairman of Twitter .
Kundhavi Kadiresan designated as Assistant Director of FAO and Regional Representative for Asia and
the Pacific.
M K Surana appointed new HPCL(Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd) Chairman , succeedor of Nishi Vasudeva.
Riva Ganguly Das appointed as ambassador of India to the Republic of Albania and the Republic of Moldova
Suchitra Durai appointed as Indias Ambassador to State of Eritrea
Bhaichung Bhutia appointed as AIFF(All India Football Federation) advisor
GR Chandak appointed as Director of CDFD(Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics)
Housing.com appoints Mani Rangarajan as CFO(Chief Financial Officer).
Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) appointed Leo Puri of UTI AMC as its new Chairman,
succeedor of Sundeep Sikka.
CFO of Porsche SE Hans Dieter Poetsch is designated as chairman of the VW supervisory board, succeedor
of Martin Winterkorn.
Maharashtra Govt designated Shreehari Aney as Advocate General of the state, succeedor of Sunil Manohar.
Gurjit Singh appointed as Ambassador to Germany.
Nepal elected Onsari Gharti as first woman Speaker.
Fertiliser firm MCFL appointed Arun Duggal as its Chairman, succeedor of Vijay Mallya.
Shaktikanta Das appointed by the Finance ministry as its nominee on SEBI board.
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Justin Trudeau became Canadas 23rd Prime Minister, succeedor of Stephen Harper.
S. K. Ashok Warrier appointed Indias Ambassador to Democratic Republic of Congo
VK Malhotra appointed as head of the All India Council of Sports.
Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) has been appointed Leo Puri as its new Chairman replacing
Sundeep Sikka.
Hans Dieter Poetsch is designated as chairman of the VW supervisory board, replacing Martin Winterkorn
Gurjit Singh appointed as the next Ambassador to Germany
UCPN-Maoist lawmaker Onsari Gharti Magar (37) as the Speaker of the House 1st women speaker.
Fertiliser firm MCFL appointed Arun Duggal as its Chairman, replacing Vijay Mallya
Shaktikanta Das appointed by the Finance ministry as its nominee on the market regulators board.
Justin Trudeau became Canadas 23rd Prime Minister, succeedor of Stephen Harper
S. K. Ashok Warrier appointed as the Indias Ambassador to Democratic Republic of Congo
VK Malhotra appointed as head of the All India Council of Sports
Justice Reva Khetrapal to be Delhis new Lokayukta succeedor of Justice Manmohan Sarin.
AB de Villiers named brand ambassador of MRF
Tata Chemicals appoints Bhaskar Bhat as Additional Director and John Mull as CFO
Snapdeal hires Anup Vikal as finance head, succeedor of Aakash Moondhra.
Flipkart appointed Samardeep Subandh as chief marketing officer
Freshdesk appointed LinkedIn Indias Managing Director Nishant Rao, as Chief Operating Officer.
Alok Rawat first male member of NCW(National Commission for Women) 1st male member.
Dr. Sekhar Basu appointed as the Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary, Department of Atomic
Energy in Mumbai, succeedor of Dr. Ratan Kumar Sinha.
Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das to the board of Reserve Bank of India by GOI.
Drug major Lupin appointed Fabrice Egros as President, Asia Pacific and Japan.
Lupin designated Martin Mercer as President of its Latin American business.
U.S. President Barack Obama appointed Brett McGurk as his new envoy.
Jimmy Morales, a television comedian elected as President of Guatemala
BlackBerry appointed Narendra Nayak as the Managing Director of its India operations
Ms Bidhya Devi Bhandari elected as First Female President of Nepal
Paul Ryan elected as the 62nd speaker of the US House of Representatives
SBI designated P K Gupta as MD for period of four years , Succeedor of Pradeep Kumar
Najib Shah appoineted as Chairman of Central Board of Excise and Customs(CBEC) succeedor of Kaushal
Srivastava
Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) Alok Shekhar appointed as Indias representative in the
ICAO(UN body)
Nasser Khan Janjua appointed as the new National Security Advisor (NSA) of Pakistan.
Indian-origin politician Ashok Sridharan sworn in as the Mayor of Bonn in Germany.
Aruna Jayanthi elevated as the global BPO head and Srinivas Kandula has replaced Jayanthi as Capgemini
India CEO.
Ashok Leylands UK arm Optares CEO Enrico Vassallo step down.
Samiran Chakraborty appointed as Chief Economist of Citibank India
Sylvie Lucas has been designated as the Chair of the Inter-Governmental Negotiations (IGN) on UN Security
Council (UNSC) reforms.
Govt appoints BJPs Balasubrahmanyam Kamarsu on EPFO(Employees Provident Fund Organisation) board.
Aruna Sundarajan appointed new Steel Secretary , succeedor of Rakesh Singh.
Sujan R Chinoy designated as Indias Ambassador to Japan, succeedor of Gopalan Wadhwa.
John Pombe Magufuli become Tanzanias next president and ex-Prime Minister Edward Lowassa.
SpiceJets Chief Operating Officer Sanjiv Kapoor resigned.
Jabong appointed former Benetton India MD Sanjeev Mohanty as chief executive officer (CEO) and managing
director (MD).
Science & Technology
NASA launches Earths first miniature satellite CubeSat from the Vandenberg Air Force Base In California.
Perjeta and Kadcyla - two drugs launched by swiss pharma company Roche in India for breast cancer.
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China launched its new communication satellite APSTAR-9 in a commercial mission by the Long March3B carrier rocket from the southwestern Xichang Satellite Launch Centre.
Australia launches its communications satellite named Sky Muster (NBN-Co 1A) on Ariane
5ECA rocket from Guiana Space Centre in Kourou.
International team of scientists created the worlds largest catalogue of genomic differences among humans.
Worlds highest terrestrial centre labelled as Extreme Altitude Research Centre inaugurated by DRDO chief
S Christopher at Habitat in Ladakh
INS Astradharani commissioned in Visakhapatnam, succeedor of INS Astravahini.
Human antibody Pembrolizumab named as Keytruda is approved by the US Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) used as an immunotherapy in the treatment of lung cancer.
China launches commercial remote-sensing satellites Jilin-1 satellites, launched from the Jiuquan
Satellite Launch Centre.
First colour images of Plutos atmospheric hazes beamed by NASAs New Horizons spacecraft.
Delhi Public Transport App launched by the Google India for the easiest public transport of New Delhi.
National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to launch app to rein in traffic violators
Indian Railways launches app to book unreserved tickets - Mumbai suburban sections ,New Delhi and
Hazrat Nizamuddin stations.
In India UC topped in mobile browser while Google Chrome leads in PC
Customs Traveler Guide-India mobile-based app to inform people all about customs rules.
Iran test-fires new generation long-range ballistic missiles called Emad(Pillar).
Scientifically validated anti-diabetes herbal drug named BGR-34 launched by a Council of Scientific and
Industrial Research (CSIR) in Lucknow.
China launched Tianhui-1C mapping satellite of Tianhui-1.
Tsunami Early Warning System Successfully Tested In Mumbai by Captain KLV Prabhakaran .
Russia is planning to launch its first manned lunar mission by 2029, Vladimir Solntsev - head of Roscomsos.
Chinas first lunar rover Yutu sets record for longest stay on Moon almost two years
Facebook partnered with Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) to create 100 Wi-Fi hotspots in rural India.
Environment
International meeting of gov representatives and experts in Trondheim, Norway Countries agree to list the
vulture species to12 vulture species .
Raptor MOU was signed under the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of
Wild Animals (CMS).
Northern Philippines smashed by Typhoon Koppu ,215km northeast of Manila with a storm speed of 210 km/h
200 New Species Discovered in Himalayas by World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
133 plants, 26 species of fish, 10 new amphibians, one reptile, one bird and one mammal.
Indias first Dolphin Community Reserve will be established in West Bengal by state Chief Wildlife
Warden Azam Zaidi - Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.
Northern Philippines smashed by Typhoon Koppu with speed of 210 km/h.
A massive earthquake of 7.5 magnitude hits Hindu Kush Region of Afghanistan.
Sports
FIFA World Ranking : Argentina(1), Germany(2), Austria(11) and Liberia(95).

India is going to be the host of combined shotgun/rifle/pistol World Cup in 2017.
In the 2015 Commonwealth Youth, Junior & Senior weightlifting championships:
Punam Yadav (63kg) won gold medals in the woman categories of both senior and junior
Weightlifting G Lalitha won the silver medal in 63kg Youth Girls section.
Indian womens cricket team stands fourth in the latest ICC team ranking Australia(1st) and England(2nd)
Boxer Sarita Devi completes one-year ban
BCCI launched 20 grams gold-plated sterling silver toss coin with the images of Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson
Mandela for the India-South Africa cricket series.
8th Asian Air Gun Championship: 25th Sep to 1 Oct, 2015 - 14 countries
India -17 medals, Iran - 12 medals and Taipei - 3medals.
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WINNER CANDIDATES
10m AIR PISTOL WOMEN FINAL RESULTS

Name
Country
Medal
Heena Sidhu
India
Gold
Shweta Singh
India
Silver
Seon A Kim
Korea
Bronze
10m AIR PISTOL MEN FINAL RESULTS

Name
Country
Medal
Sepehr Boroujeni
Iran
Gold
Gurpreet Singh
India
Silver
Jitu Rai
India
Bronze
10m AIR RIFLE WOMEN FINAL RESULTS

Name
Country
Medal
Jasmine Wei Xian Ser Singapore
Gold
Elaheh Ahmadi
Iran
Silver
Ayonika Paul
India
Bronze
10m AIR RIFLE MEN FINAL RESULTS

Name
Country
Medal
Abhinav Bindra
India
Gold
Yuriy Yurkov
Kazakhstan
Silver
Jaechul Yu
Korea
Bronze
10m AIR PISTOL MEN JUNIOR FINAL RESULTS

Name
Country
Medal
Sumedh Kumar
India
Gold
Hemendra Kushwah
India
Silver
Mohamad Ahmed
Bangladesh
Bronze
Sania Mirza and Swiss Martina Hingis grasped seventh title by bagging the Wuhan Open womens
doubles trophy by defeating the pair of Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu and Monica Niculescu in Wuhan,
China.
Shashank Manohar elected as President of Board of Control for Cricket India (BCCI) till 2017 as succeedor
of Jagmohan Dalmiya.
34 year old Portuguese Lawyer turned rider Luis Leao Pinto have won the 11th Hero MTB Himalayan Edition
2015, a 600 km long 7- stage race, for the second time.
Andi Seewald of Germany-2nd and Pau Zamora of Spain 3rd.
American Venus Williams crown at the Wuhan Open which is her biggest win -47th title .
2015 FIBA Asian Basketball Championship Won by China defeated Philippines at Changsha, Hunan, China.
David Ferrer from Spain defeated Feliciano Lopez at Malaysian Open - 25th title
Boxer Jai Bhagwan suspended for taking bribe.
Indian cyclist 20 years old Deborah created history by winning five medals at Taiwan Cup
India lost to Turkmenistan in FIFA world cup 2018 qualifiers
South Africa won the T-20 International match series defeated India in Kanpur
FIFA suspended President Sepp Blatter, VP Michel Platini and Secretary General Jerome Valcke
Jurgen Klopp appointed as manger of Liverpool Football Club
Dheeraj Rangi Lightweight (60 kg) boxer bagged silver medal defeated by Algerias Yahia Abdelli in
World Military Games held at Mungyeong, South Korea.
Melbourne, Australia is to the host for the 2016 World Cup and the 2019 Presidents Cup golf tournaments.
Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis clinched their 8th title of the season by defeating Chinese pair of Hao-Ching
Chan and Yung-Jan Chan in the China Open final in Beijing.
National tennis champion N Sriram Balaji bagged a wild card for the 2016 Delhi Open after defeating Vishnu
Vardhan at the Fenesta National Tennis Championship in New Delhi.
Prerna Bhambri defeated Samitha Sai Chamarthi at ITF women event in Delhi Open.
Shuttler Ajay jayaram India clinched two international titles in Dutch Open Grand Prix defeated Estonias Raul
Must - mens singles in Almere, Netherlands.
Under-17 Krishna and Satwik defeated Hau Leong and Fong Hau Sim of Malaysia
Mens doubles B. Sumeeth Reddy & Manu Attri were defeated by Andrew Ellis & Peter Mills
Punjab National Bank won the Beighton cup of Hockey by defeating Indian Oil Corporation
Russian Grand Prix title of Formula One was won by Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain - defeated
Ferraris Sebastian Vettel
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China Open (Tennis) 2015 - Beijing, China.

Category
Winner
Mens singles
Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
Rafael Nadal (Spain)
Womens Singles
Garbine Muguruza (Spain)
Timea Bacsinszky (Switzerland)
Mens Doubles
Vasek Pospisil (Canada)

And Jack Sock (US)
Daniel Nestor (Canada) and

Edouard RogerVasselin(France)
Womens Doubles
Sania Mirza (India)

And Martina Hingis
(Switzerland)
Position
1
2
3
Name
Abhishek Verma(Delhi)
Ch. Jignas (Ser)
Anil Kumar (ITBP) 698
Position
1
2
3
CATEGORY
Senior men (77 Kg)
Senior women (48Kg)
Junior men (85 Kg)
Junior women (53kg)
Youth girls (48kg)
Youth boys (69kg)
21st edition of Fenesta Open National Tennis championship in New Delhi

UNDER 16 TITLES
Boys : Nitin K Sinha defeated Parikshit Somani
Girls : Sabhyata Nihalani defeated Akansha Bhan
UNDER 14 TITLES
Boys: Mann Maulik Shah defeated Shashikant Rajput
Girls: Sanya Singh defeated Salsa Ahir
17th Edition of Himalayan Motorsport Raid de Himalaya titled bagged by driver Raj Singh Rathore (co-driver
Amber Udasi) by defeating Tsering Lakhpa.
Novak Djokovic claimed his ninth title of the year defeated over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the Shanghai Masters
36th National Archery Championship Saket Meerut, Uttar Pradesh Oct (13th to 18th)2015.
Compound Men (Ranking Round)
Chan Hao-ching (China)

And Chan Yung-jan (China)
Indian fast bowler Zaheer Khan announced the retirement from International Cricket.
Commonwealth Youth, Junior and Senior Weightlifting Championships were held at Pune, Maharashtra
NAME
S Sathish Kumar
S Mirabai Chanu
R V Rahul
Pramila Krisani
Mohini Chavan
Lalu Taku
Runner-up
Women (Ranking Round)

Position
Name
1
V. Jyothi Surekha (PSPB)
2
Swati Dudhwal (Raj)
3
Lily Chanu Paonam (Man)
Mixed Team
Name
Rajasthan (Swati Dudhwal, Sarvesh Pareek)
Maharashtra (Jayalakshmi Sarikonda, Swapnil
Delhi (Divya Adlakha, Abhishek Verma)
Chinas Xuerui Li win over Indias PV Sindhu in Denmark Open Title of Badminton 2015 venued at
Odense Sports Park, Denmark.
Men singles won by Chinas Chen Long by defeating Indonesian Tommy Sugiarto
Great Britain wins a victory over India during 5th Sultan of Johor Cup (SOJ Cup) at Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
National Cadet Corps National Games 2015 was concluded in New Delhi. Raksha Mantri Overall
Champions trophy went to Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh.
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Vietnam Open Tennis Trophy is clinched by Indian tennis player Saketh Myneni by defeating Australias
Jordan Thompson.
Cricketer Virender sehwag announced retirement from all forms of international cricket and from the
Indian Premier League(IPL).
FIFA suspended Kuwait Football Association(KFA), because of government interference in the running of
its Football Association - article 14 Para 3 .
Yuki Bhambri entered in the top-100 of ATP rankings
Rohan Bopanna inumber 15, followed by Leander Paes (36) and Purav Raja (96).
In the WTA doubles rankings, Sania Mirza continues to be world number one player.
Golfer Anirban Lahiri (39th ) won the Hilton Asian Tour Golfer of the Month award.
Badminton World Federation (BWF) ranking Saina Nehwal dropped to 2ndspot
PV Sindhu -13th rank, Kidambi Srikanth-6th rank and Parupalli Kashyap ranked at 10th
Ajay Jayaram climbed a place to be ranked World No.25.
Indian Chess Abhijeet Gupta clinched the 19th Hoogeveen Chess Tournament 2015 by defeating Neelotpal Das.
The South Asian Games will be held in Guwahati and Shillong from February 6 to 16 in 2016.
Virat Kohli became the fourth player to register hundred against all the Test countries in ODIs, joining Sachin
Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, Herschelle Gibbs and Hashim Amla.
Yachting Association of India (YAI) Senior National Championship 2015 in Mumbai.
Nethra Kumanan from Tamil Nadu Gold medal in Laser Radial Class of boat\
Upamanyu Dutta Gold medal in Laser (Standard)
Nethra Kumanan Gold medal in Laser (Radial)
Pair of P Muttu and Narender Rajput Gold medal in 470 Class
Samal Pradhan and Rahul Rai Gold medal in Hobie 16 catamaran
Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton of Britain clinched the title of US Grand Prix F1 for the fourth time.
South Africa won the five-match One Day International (ODI) series against India 3-2.
Abhishek Verma & Deepika Kumari creates history by winning silver medal in Archery World Cup Final in
Mexico City.
Indian team led by Patnas Aman Raj, finished 9th on the final day of the 27th Asia-Pacific Amateur Golf Team
Championship, Japan- 1st.
Denmarks Emily Kristine Pedersen notched her maiden Ladies European Tour title in a dramatic fashion at 9th
Edition Of Hero Womens Indian Open Golf Championship.
ICC ODI Rankings : Australia ranked first and India and South Africa ranked second and third
ICC T20I Rankings:Sri Lanka ranked first and Pakistan and Australia ranked second and third
ICC Womens Ranking :Australia Women ranked first and England Women and New Zealand Women.
Sports Authority of India (SAI) and the ad-hoc committee governing the sport in the country have formed
a coordination committee to conduct domestic events.
Hockey India signed three years partnership with Sports Authority of India 3yr MoU.
Amit Kumar won silver in mens club throw F51 event of IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, Qatar
Swimmer Sajan Kumar set a new national record in mens 1500m freestyle competition - 15:41:01 at the 69th
senior national aquatic championship in Rajkot.
Pune ATP Challenger Yuki Bhambri win to clinch his second title of the seasondefeated second seed Evgeny
Donskoy in the KPIT-MSLTA Challenger.
Swiss pilot Kuffer wins AAI Paragliding World Cup and womens overall crown was claimed by Japans Yuki
Sato.
Obituary
Veteran British director John Guillermin passes away King Kong (1976) and The Towering Inferno
John Guillermin.
Former Australian cricketer Lindsay Kline passed away
Veteran Telugu film producer Edida Nageswara Rao passed away.
Henning Georg Mankell crime writer, childrens author and dramatist from Sweden-detective Kurt
Wallander, died.
Chairman of Vicco Laboratories Gajanan Pendharkar from Maharashtra passed away.
Renowned music director and lyricist Ravindra Jain passed.
Legendary Veteran Tamil Actor, comedian and singer Manorama passes away.
Former President of Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha Himani Savarkar died.
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Former Maharashtra Minister and senior Congress leader Madan Vishwanath Patil passed away.
11th chief of Naval Staff, Ati Vishisht Seva Medal and Param Vishisht Seva Medal awardee
Admiral Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani passed away.
Egyptian novelist and journalist Gamal al-Ghitani has died.
Telugu comedian Kallu Chidambaram died.
Actress Pat Woodell passed away - Bobbie Jo Bradley.
Veteran film-maker
Kikkeri Shamanna Lakshminarayana Swamy (KSL Swamy) passes away
Indian marine biologist and Padma Shri awardee Syed Zahoor Qasim passed away.
Former member of International Olympic Committee (IOC) Ashwini Kumar passed away.
Popular Punjabi singer Labh Janjua passed away.
Veteran Telugu actor Mada Venkateswara Rao passed away.
Bengali film, television and stage actor Pijush Ganguly passed away
The Queen of Technicolour Irish actress Maureen O Hara died
Academy Award-winning sound engineer Robert Alan (Bob) Minkler passed away.
British actor and Tommy Hilfiger model Sam Sarpong passed away.
Indian-origin peers and curry king of the UK Lord Gulam Noon passed away
Books & Authors
Book on Gandhian Philosophy Set for Auction written by J B Kriplani

Original picture book titled Gandhi Ke Paath Par authored by Bharat Sahai
Ruled or Misruled: Story and Destiny of Bihar authored by the Assistant Editor of the Indian Express
Santosh Singh.
The Clintons War on Women authored by Roger Stone and Robert Morrow.
The Courage to Act A Memoir of a Crisis and Its Aftermath authored by Ben S. Bernanke.
Neither a Hawk nor a Dove: An Insiders Account of Pakistans Foreign Policy authored by Khurshid
Mahmud Kasuri.
Smita Patil A Brief Incandescence authored by Film critic Maithili Rao.
Indian Family Business Mantras authored by Mr. Peter Leach and Mr. Tatwamasi Dixit.
The book Dreaming Big: My Journey to Connect India - auto biography of Sam Pitroda written by David
Chanoff, an American author.
Important Days
Oct 1, 2015 : International Day of Older Persons, World Vegetarian Day
Oct 2, 2015 : International Day of Non-Violence
Oct 5, 2015 : World Habitat Day
Oct 8, 2015 : World sight day
Oct 9, 2015 : World Post day, World Egg Day
Oct 10, 2015 : World Day against the Death Penalty, World Mental Health Day
Oct 11, 2015 : International Day of the Girl Child
Oct 12, 2015 : World Arthritis Day
Oct 13, 2015 : International Day for Disaster Reduction
Oct 14, 2015 : World Standards Day
Oct 15, 2015 : International Day of Rural Women, Youth awakening day(TN)
Oct 16, 2015 : World Food Day
Oct 17, 2015 : International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
Oct 20, 2015 : World Statistics Day
Oct 22, 2015 : Car-Free Day
Oct 24, 2015 : United Nations Day, World Development Information Day
Oct 27, 2015 : World Day for Audiovisual Heritage
Oct 28, 2015 : International Animation Day
Oct 31, 2015 : World Cities Day, World Savings Day
Nov 26, 2015 : Constitution Day
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